Introduction

Hello and welcome to my story!

I originally uploaded this on a German site, fanfiction(.de). In case you know the language and want to read ahead, here's the link: .de/s/50cdc4500000a68306710d88/1/Die-Kinder-des-Mondes-MMFF

I originally wrote it between 2012 and 2015, and since I am currently writing a story in English, I thought translating this would be good practice. Plus, it seemed to be popular and I wanted to share it with more people ;)

This chapter is just a small introduction to the story, to clear up some confusion that might arise. If you want to just go ahead with reading, you can skip this one (or come back later when you actually have questions)

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For starters, here's a more complete summary:

It focuses on two Clans and a group of strays in which some cats are suddenly gifted strange powers, gifts that have been told about in stories. Those powers don't just do good, but are also used by evil beings that want to tear down StarClan.

The cats send off a group of Children of the Moon, as those gifted are called, to stop the evil lurking in an ancient mountain and save StarClan. Meanwhile the evil hand is already stretching out to the Clans, and soon even those left behind will have no choice but fight – and accept unwanted allies.

Despite the strong fantasy element the focus will stay on the Clan politics and society, not the powers. There'll bepower struggles, berayals, plenty of secrets...It is a 'real' Warriors story, just with some added stuff.

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About the geography:

The Clans' territory is at the foot of the mountains, to the south of them. Directly south of them is EarthClan's dense forest. Their camp is in a cave. South of them lives ReedClan, whose territory consists of meadows full of streams and pools. Their camp is inside a hollow surrounded by reeds.

To the east of the Clan's territory is a steep ravine, with a river flowing through the valley from north to south. The stray cats live here. They have no real order, but still have three leaders, so called 'Thanes'. The first Thane is elected once every year, the second Thane is decided through battle, and the third Thane is the oldest cat in the group.

At the north end of the valley a waterfall comes down, the holy site of StarClan, and at the south end there is a high rock that the Clans use for their gatherings.

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About the mythology:

Most of it will be explored through the story, and I don't really want to spoil it here. The short form is: There was a cat once called Tyr (Or Moonstar) who was very powerful. He turned away from StarClan but later regretted it. Some of his followers (the cats) returned to StarClan, others (the wights) did not. There was a war between them, StarClan won, and the wights were banished. Tyr's powers vanished.

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One other thing:

This story was originally done with characters the readers sent me (most of them, anyway). As it is already written and I have no desire to force new characters into the old roles, I will stick with those characters (although I did change a few names where the literal translation wouldn't work – Ravenclaw, for example, just didn't seem right, seeing as the cat in question wasn't even especially bright)

I will credit the original inventors at the end of the Allegiance, just in case you're wondering what those names mean.

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If there's any other questions just ask and I'll answer them directly or update this chapter.

As usual, reviews are welcome but not mandatory, and I'm very happy about (constructive) criticism, both in terms of story and language.

And, of course, the Warriors world isn't mine but Erin Hunter's.

Now, enough talking, and time to get back to the story!